Pittsfield Branch
congregation #480205
created 2012-10-02 by bplewe
official name: Redfield Neighborhood Branch
assertion #3723549 by bplewe on 2017-07-18: confidence 100%.
official name: Pittsfield Branch
assertion #4003381 by mpra on 2017-07-18: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch
assertion #3724119 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
started: about Mar 1839 (source: Jesse Smith)
When Silas Smith and other refugees first settled in the area
assertion #3722107 by bplewe on 2017-07-18: confidence 80%.
started: Sep 1839?
Jesse Smith says it was organized right after Silas Smith died
assertion #4003391 by mpra on 2017-07-18: confidence 50%.
ended: between 1845 and 1846?
assertion #3736107 by bplewe on 2017-07-18: confidence 10%.
religion: Early
assertion #4000640 by bplewe on 2017-04-08: confidence 100%.
location: 39°36'57"N, 90°43'48"W
assertion #3718843 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 70%.
located at: Illinois, United States
assertion #3712205 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 300?
assertion #3725467 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 40%.
has member: Redfield Neighborhood
entity #481365, assertion #3751179 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
in group: Nauvoo Era
assertion #3725466 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 80%.
see also: Jesse Smith (source part: p.6)
Settled about February 1839, branch soon after, Silas Smith died 12 September
entity #700073, assertion #4003396 by mpra on 2017-07-18: confidence 100%.
see also: BY Sep 1842
September 1842: Apostles plan to visit Pittsfield, but don't call it a branch per se
entity #850130, assertion #4003382 by mpra on 2017-07-18: confidence 100%.
see also: Howard Mormontown
entity #700072, assertion #4003383 by mpra on 2017-07-18: confidence 100%.
appears in: Deseret News (source part: V.7 #51 (24 Feb 1858), p.402)
Journal of Brigham Young, preach to "a small branch" in "the neighborhood where Bro. Harlow Redfield lived" 29 Sep 1839
entity #800117, assertion #4003389 by mpra on 2017-07-18: confidence 100%.
notes: Later called Mormontown
assertion #3715205 by bplewe on 2017-07-18: confidence 100%.
notes: Harlow Redfield and Pittsfield are referenced many times through 1843 in the Times & Seasons, such as lists of newspaper agents and marriage notices. It is not called a branch per se, but suggests that the settlement was still functioning.
assertion #4003399 by mpra on 2017-07-18: confidence 100%.
